Just like most siblings, Kate Middleton and her younger sister Pippa were also pretty competitive during their younger years. Although they may currently have found contentment with their lives, it wasn’t the case in the past at all.
Kate Middleton and Pippa have always been close, but they are not immune to sibling rivalry. Now, a report shared an earlier revelation that the Duchess of Cambridge was “jealous” and “competitive” with her younger sister.
“Kate and Pippa were hugely competitive,” Emma Sayle, who attended Downe House with the Middleton sisters, said in 2010. “There was always that thing of who could be the thinnest and who could be the prettiest.”
In 2008, journalist Emma Cowing wrote in "The Scotsman" that there is still jealousy between Kate Middleton and Pippa even though they are now older and have completely different lives. While the Duchess of Cambridge’s name is on everyone’s lips right now, her younger sister was the more popular one between the two back in the days.
“Kate was always quite jealous of Pippa,” she shared. “I sensed that she feared being eclipsed by her because Pippa has more natural effervescence, she is socially much more at ease and was always popular with everyone, especially James’ friends. She was very charming about it but quite ruthless in cultivating the right friends. If she found out that someone had impressive social credentials – the right titles, standing, connections – she would immediately pay them a lot of attention, whereas before she wouldn’t have shown the least interest.”
In 2011, Royal author Andrew Morton compared Kate Middleton and Pippa’s relationship to Prince William and Prince Harry. The royal brothers have mad love for each other but they are known for their very competitive side, especially with each other.
“Just as William and Harry are very competitive, Catherine and Pippa are very competitive,” he told Marie Claire. “The day was Catherine’s day and Pippa played a significant walk-on part, that was it. I don’t think she stole the show. Pippa has an exotic walk-on part.”
However, it is worth noting that even though Kate Middleton and Pippa are competitive, they are “never against each other.” Their coach Denis Alford told royal expert Katie Nicholl that the sisters work well together.
“They had such drive and were very competitive, particularly Pippa, but never against each other,” she said. “They were very much a team.”
